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Semantic Web
Most people understand how to use an Internet search engine to perform simple keyword searches.
In fact, much of the Internet is considered a large "open source" database referring to billions of web pages,
HTML text, documents, presentations, briefings, tables, and related content. Unfortunately, most of this content
is geared toward human-reading and understanding because there is little machine encoding with respect to the actual content.
Recently the concept of a Semantic Web*
has been discussed to provide a framework for encoding the meaning of data
through machine readable formats. Ultimately, this can provide more focused and refined content because there will
be a distinction between common terms such as China (a country, formal dinnerware, or the name of a person). The
improvements expected through the adaptation of a Semantic Web will significantly enhance our ability to find and
classify data in support of analysis.
However, until there is global acceptance on how to effectively encode data, there is a lot of ongoing research
pertaining to the automated encoding of documents and open source data. Commercial systems such as
AeroText™,
ClearForest™, and
Rosette® Entity Extractor
represent some of the more accepted systems for document classification, categorization, and entity extraction.
Much of the data available in the world today are stored in non-relational
formats (e.g., text) that can be difficult to utilize in automated analytical systems.
Typically, analysts must read all of the passages, cables, narratives, memos, or other
related text to fully understand the content of the data. Embedded within all of this text
are references to names, addresses, locations, dates/times, and other critical data. To be
of use, systems must be able to identify and extract this information, essentially creating
a relational format.
VAI's recent partnership with Basis Technology is founded on their Rosette Entity Extractor
(REX) technology, used to process unstructured text, open source documents, and free-form
message traffic to expose the names of organizations, locations, dates, people, phone numbers,
e-mail addresses, and other customized entities.
Continued on VAI News page
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As the busy holiday season rapidly approaches, VAI remains focused on delivering the most
usable – and capable – solutions to meet our customer needs. The upcoming releases of
VisuaLinks 4.0 and DIG 3.0 are just around the corner and our users are looking forward
to receceiving both of these new releases.
We have begun to show you sneak peeks of the DIG 3.0 release in the last few issues and
will soon begin to unwrap the VisuaLinks 4.0 release as well. Keep a close eye on the
space for continuing updates.
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While the VisuaLinks 3.0 release continues to enjoy world-wide success, development efforts
on our 4.0 (previously known as 3.5!) release are continuing as we integrate additional
third-party functionality through our partnerships and enhance our user interface to
make the analytical tools even easier to use.
For more information on VisuaLinks activities, be sure to visit the VisuaLinks News page.
There you'll find updates on VisuaLinks "extras," little-known, but very useful tips and tricks,
and a discussion on some of the tools that can be employed to analyze data and create a
finished analytical product in our Link Chart of the Month.
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The upcoming release of DIG 3.0 includes a number of new, advanced administrative features.
In this month’s DIG News, we introduce you to the DIG Load Simulator. The Load Simulator is
a stand-alone application designed to help system administrators test the load capacity of their DIG environment.
One of the most powerful features in the 3.0 release is the addition of a fully-functional
data transformation tool – DIG Symphony. We introduced the concept of Symphony to you in our September issue.
Be sure to check back here next month for a more in-depth discussion of the capabilities and benefits
of this exciting addition to the DIG product suite.
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| VAI is continuing to expand its international presence through new contracts, partners, and resellers. Terrorism, financial crimes,
money laundering, and fraud are not only domestic issues in the U.S. -- they also affect governments and businesses throughout the world.
VAI's technologies are making a difference by providing better alternatives for delivering actionable intelligence through proactive analytics.
Visit the VAI News page to read more about how VAI is applying VisuaLinks and DIG internationally.
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- Preston Augenbaum
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